New Black Diamond Express1900

An actuality from an era when audiences were particularly enamored with trains, NEW BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS shows some Lehigh Valley Rail Way workers driving spikes on a working track. The foreman flags them off the track with a handkerchief as the train approaches and moves out of the frame. For modern audiences familiar with film conventions, some may wonder if the man who lags behind the other will get off the track in time. - Marilyn Ferdinand